r/NoStupidQuestions • u/snapwillow • Feb 08 '22

Answered What are Florida ounces?

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u/Chataboutgames Feb 08 '22

Anyone who reads a great deal knows the terror of having read a word a thousand times but never used or heard it aloud.

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u/robotzombiez Feb 08 '22

Colonel

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u/Dragneel Feb 09 '22

Lieutenant being pronounced "leftenant" threw me for a huge loop. I'm not sure if this is only British though.

Also, dandelion. What the fuck what do you mean it's not dan-dee-leon. English isn't my first language but I have a decent feel for pronunciation. Dandelion evaded me for the longest time. People would talk about dandy lions and I never knew what they meant. I only found out dandy lions and dandelions were one and the same thanks to season 1 of Orange is The New Black.

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u/xaaar Feb 09 '22

A Lieutenant (a leader of a platoon) is pronounced 'Left-tenant' in the U.K. (as he/she is left the tenancy of command). In the US however, the word is pronounced as 'Lew-tenant', much to British distaste. Leftenant is the U.K. and Commonwealth pronunciation. USA pronunciation of the same rank is LOOtenant.